Preface -- Introduction: a brief story of adventure -- 1. Power and politics as adventure: Robert Louis Stevenson's The black arrow: a tale of the two roses -- 2. The swashbuckling pirate as rebel hero: Rafael Sabatini's Captain Blood: his odyssey -- 3. Justified bloodshed and t…
"This collection of essays attempts to characterize adventure fiction through the exploration of key elements in the genre's 19th and 20th century British and American works like The Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy and Captain Blood by Sabatini. The author explores the cultural and l…
"This collection of essays attempts to characterize adventure fiction through the exploration of key elements in the genre's 19th and 20th century British and American works like The Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy and Captain Blood by Sabatini. The author explores the cultural and l…
A collection of essays relating to the life and writings of Stephen King.
This book provides readers with in-depth, critical discussions of the life and works of Stephen King. A chronology of King's life, a complete list of King's works and their original dates of publication, a general bibliography, a detailed paragraph on the volume's editor, notes …
"The Graphic Novel offers an examination and analysis of the contemporary graphic novel as literature. Specific attention will be paid to the use of narrative genre in the graphic novel (e.g. the superhero graphic novel, the crime narrative graphic novel, the horror graphic nove…